Though we’d like to hear from you, your safety and security is most important. When responding to this assignment, please make sure you put your safety and the safety of others first. Extreme weather events can be very unpredictable and carry very real risks.

The van seems to have made a wrong turning and is on a track leading nowhere instead of finding the farm. Stuck fast on the ice today 2nd Feb. If he has to wait until the thaw I hope he has some food left!

After the wild weather of the night before it was lovely to have a still morning where even the most neglected landmarks looked beautiful. This bridge once carried people and goods down the Longdendale Valley from Manchester to Sheffield but now marks a disused gap in the line in between a busy commuter line and a well used trail for walkers and cyclists.